Dialogue and desire : Mikhail Bakhtin and the linguistic turn in psychotherapy / Rachel Pollard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pollard, Rachel.

Contributor:

United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy.

Series:

UKCP Karnac series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bakhtin, M. M. (Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich), 1895-1975--Criticism and interpretation.

Bakhtin, M. M.

Bakhtin, M. M. (Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich), 1895-1975.

Criticism and interpretation.

Psychotherapy and literature.

Dialogism (Literary analysis).

Literature--Philosophy.

Literature.

Physical Description:

xvi, 240 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac, 2008.

Summary:

Mikhail Bakhtin, the Russian philosopher and cultural critic, was one of the pioneers of the "linguistic turn" in philosophy and is now widely associated with the concept of the dialogical self and dialogical psychotherapy.

However, whilst dialogism is the concept for which Bakhtin is most well known in psychotherapy, it is, in isolation, open to a wide range of interpretations that can be claimed by diverse and conflicting ideological positions.

The radical contribution that a more inclusive reading of Bakhtin could bring to psychotherapy only becomes apparent when dialogism is understood in the context of Bakhtin's philosophy as a whole, and when Bakhtin, himself, is brought into a dialogical relationship with other thinkers. By bringing Bakhtin into dialogue with the controversial French anthropologist, Rene Girard, the centrality of desire in language and human social life is woven into the concept of the dialogical self and the practice of dialogical psychotherapy.

This book will be of keen interest to students interested in the contemporary relevance of Bakhtin's thinking as well as psychotherapists concerned with the complex relationship between language, consciousness and the art of psychotherapy.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Who was Mikhail Bakhtin? 1

Chapter 2 Bakhtin, Dialogism, and European Philosophy 21

Chapter 3 Bakhtin, the Dialogical Self and Dialogical Psychotherapy 33

Chapter 4 Some Limitations of Dialogism as a Model for Psychotherapy 65

Chapter 5 Interdividual Psychology and the Dialogical Self 89

Chapter 6 Towards a Further Integration of Interdividual Psychology and Dialogical Consciousness via Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Linguistics 123

Chapter 7 Bakhtin's Ethics and Psychotherapy 155

Chapter 8 Towards a Bakhtinian Practice of Psychotherapy 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781855754492

1855754495

OCLC:

244652427